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adulthood. The program led to a gradual increase in university education of the high school treated students, reaching a gain of …
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-quarter normal compensation levels. For students randomly assigned to stay with existing classes, test scores did not increase … significantly, despite a reduction in class size from 82 to 44 on average. In contrast, scores increased for students assigned to be … existing teachers. A governance program that empowered parents within PTAs reduced both forms of capture. The best contract …
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teachers or with both genders. I also find that the direct impact of the bonus program on students' outcomes did not vary by …
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A recent critique of using teachers' test score value-added (TVA) is that teacher quality is multifaceted; some teachers are effective in raising test scores, others are effective in improving long-term outcomes. This paper exploits an institutional setting where high school teachers are randomly...
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To the extent that students benefit from high-achieving peers, tracking will help strong students and hurt weak ones …. However, all students may benefit if tracking allows teachers to present material at a more appropriate level. Lower … the distribution. We propose a simple model nesting these effects. We compare 61 Kenyan schools in which students were …
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paper, we estimate the effect of in-service teacher training on children's reading and mathematics achievement in Jerusalem …
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